An Ultrasound Experiment Tackles a Giant Problem in Brain Medicine
The effects of drugs that treat Alzheimer’s, cancer and other illnesses are often limited by the blood-brain barrier. A small study suggests a way forward.
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The effects of drugs that treat Alzheimer’s, cancer and other illnesses are often limited by the blood-brain barrier. A small study suggests a way forward.
In the years following her post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, Serena Kelly tried more than a dozen medications along with various types of psychotherapy, but nothing seemed to work.
An implanted ultrasound-emitting device helped chemotherapy drugs safely pass into the brains of cancer patients.
A Hospital for Sick Children pediatric neurosurgeon and senior scientist has been recognized for his recent world-first clinical trial successfully delivering chemotherapy to a pediatric brain tumour patient using MRI-guided
A team of Toronto researchers and physicians are the first in the world to use MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to treat Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), an aggressive and terminal pediatric brain tumour.